What's better than Suko Tai? Jesus in Thailand!!

This year I will be going on a mission trip but it will be out of the country in Thailand. I feel God has been pressing on my heart for a while to go outside of my city, state, and country. To be honest there have been a few fears of my own holding me back like: finances and me never experiencing life outside of the United States before. As soon as I surrendered my fears and doubts to Him and said “Yes, I will go” my dependence on Christ and Christ alone has been tested.

What will I be doing? : What I will be doing this summer is going with a team of 4 from Texas to Thailand. This mission has two parts to it: 1) to prayer walk through every school in the city and pass out Thai comic style bibles to every child in them, teaching bible studies 1 to 2 times a week. 2) Working with college students/adults in English teaching classes. Really, just building relationships with the people of this city and showing them His word and love are everlasting. I can only imagine how humbling it will be to see what God has made outside of just the small speck of land I live on and most of all to see that He is working just as much as he is anywhere else. It’s always amazing to experience his sovereignty!

How much? : Last year, God provided so much for the mission trip then: money, prayer teams, support etc. For this mission trip I have to raise $2650. In my acceptance to go on this mission trip, I also accepted the fact that I have to raise $2650. I also believe that I will not be providing this by myself; God is faithful and always will be. He has already provided some fundraising ideas like: babysitting, my Esty shop, selling my stuff to a local thrift store, and also having a garage sale.

How can you be a part of this?: I know I can’t do this alone. I also know that He calls each of us to be part of missions, be it to pray, to go, or to send. I believe we are all called to pray, and for that reason I am asking that you and your family would commit to praying for the people we’re going to, the city we’ll be ministering to, and for our team. If during your time in prayer the Lord puts it on your heart to support me financially, I would ask that you would follow His call. Thank you so much for your support and love!!


http://www.gonowmissions.com (for more info and online donations)
http://www.withloveAlicia.etsy.com (my homemade crafts)
And of course this blog (I am not a consistent blogger but I will try in this process.)

<3 In Him,
Alicia

There's no other name by which I am saved

Tah Dah!

Well, this is my third count it third blog of the day (I'll try not to post my next one 6 months from now)! I admit that I have been a terrible blogger since I started this but I'll give another "college try" starting with my new blog look! Looking good. Huh? Huh? We'll see how this goes, yo! Leave comments. Share your friends with me.

I'll leave you with a quote:
"You did it! Congratulations! World's best cup of coffee! Great job, everybody! It's great to be here." -Buddy the Elf

Sunshine and Wintertime

This past weekend spent with some of the best friends a girl can have. Wassail Fest. DENTON. DENTON! Casperite Wedding. Casanova Wedding. Our tummies were full. Our hearts were warm. Our bodies were cold (Kailin).

MMMMM sooo good(and free)!

It's who we are

Texoma

Gorgeous Kailin

Tahoe girls in Texas!

Wedding bells ringing for the Casnovas

Sweet Resonation

So often do I hear the passages from Proverbs, 1 Peter, and Ephesians about marriage but with my Christian wedding attendance few and far between my chance to 'experience' them there is not often. This weekend I got a blessing to witness a wedding solely, utterly, just God's work, plans, glory. I got to hear some of these passages I metioned above about marriage. Maybe, for the first time I did not just hear them but saw them being lived out and in context and it definitely spoke so much louder for some reason. Crying during their first Lord's supper,Who does that? I'll tell you, one that sees the Gospel all over this then relationship now wedding. My heart just could not handle that abundance of love that was coming from this ceremony. Not growing up in a Christian home and my few attendance in Christian weddings I can say I have never gotten to witness to a relationship/marriage this closely in my life. Which is probably why the "marriage passages" resonated with me so strongly at this wedding. To see so much pure, love, and passion for the Lord and each other was ridiculous to me (in a good way). For a while now I've had this struggle with relationships and desire to have tangible attention from a man, the desire to be loved and wanted. I thank God for these desires, but most of the time it's really hard. To thinking about how my husband wonderfully perfect will be for me, setting my wedding date in the general season of spring, picking out colors, writing down my brides mates, sighing at the sound of another friend getting engaged and the list goes on. I've had this desire to just find my husband and just get married really because everyone and their mom is getting engaged now, because in all honesty I'm not ready. I really ready to get married according to God, and His word? When I had a boyfriend thing were we ready to get married? Seeing this example of the love for the Lord coming from the individuals and couple magnified during this day, how their love has never faded and always growing. Witnessing what a true Godly relationship/marriage looks like. No, I absolutely wasn't. Writing this blog and seeing the sin that damages my heart like pride, coveting, co-dependency...As an individual I'm honestly not even ready to date to let alone get married. But, because of that desire God has given me how does it be satisfied? In God and God alone. If He is not the first one I run to for attention, if His love does not satisfy me to where I long for this of this world over Him...why should I expect this from my soon to be husband if I'm not doing it? God, just reveals more of His standards to my heart as time goes by of what He expects from the both of us as individuals and as a couple; and let me tell you it blows my mind. I look at the wedding and say "I want that" I want what God wants by His standard not mine, for His glory not mine, nothing else. Admitting this fact of really not being ready to be married hurts but would I really be miserable for the rest of life with some jerk, I settle for or be have a marriage solely, utterly just God's work, plans and glory?